IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
WP(C) No. 37628 of 2007(D)
1. ANLALATH CHALIKANDY PEEDIKAYIL.
... Petitioner
Vs
1. GOVERNMENT OF KERALA, GOVERNMENT
... Respondent
2. THE DIRECTOR OF HIGHER SECONDARY
3. THE REGIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR, HIGHER
For Petitioner :SRI.V.B.UNNIRAJ
For Respondent : No Appearance
The Hon'ble MR. Justice S.SIRI JAGAN
Dated :18/12/2007
O R D E R
S.SIRI JAGAN, J.
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W.P.(C) No. 37628 of 2007(D)
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Dated this the 18th day of December, 2007
JUDGMENT
The petitioner is the holder of a B.Ed degree obtained from
the Indira Gandhi National Open University under the Distance
Education Programme. He was appointed as Higher Secondary
School Teacher in M.M. Higher Secondary School, Thalassery
which is an aided school based on that qualification. His services
were provisionally approved upto 6.6.2008 subject to the
petitioner acquiring B.Ed qualification. Petitioner obtained the
above B.Ed qualification within the said period. The petitioner’s
complaint is that the respondents are not approving the
appointment on the ground that the B.Ed acquired by the
petitioner is not in the concerned subject and the B.Ed was not
acquired after a regular course of study. The petitioner submits
that as far as the question as to whether the B.Ed degree granted
by the Indira Gandhi National Open University can be accepted as
valid qualification, the issue is squarely covered by a Division
W.P.(C) No. 37628/2007(D) -2-
Bench decision reported in State of Kerala and another v.
Suja Kumari and Another (2006(1) ILR 431). The petitioner
contends that the petitioner’s subject is Social Work and there is
no University in India which grants the degree in B.Ed on the
subject of Social Work and therefore the petitioner’s degree is
sufficient for the purpose of regularisation of the petitioner’s
appointment. Seeking these reliefs the manager has forwarded
Ext.P6 to the 3rd respondent. The petitioner seeks a direction to
the 3rd respondent to forward the same to the 2nd respondent
and a further direction to the 2nd respondent to consider and
dispose of Ext.P6 expeditiously.
2. I have heard the learned Government Pleader also. In
the facts and circumstances of the case, there would be a
direction to the 3rd respondent to forward Ext.P6 to the 2nd
respondent forthwith. The 2nd respondent shall pass final orders
on Ext.P6 within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of
this judgment.
The writ petition is disposed of as above.
S.SIRI JAGAN,
JUDGE
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